Collected Stories by Saul Bellow - ISBN: 9780143107255
Paperback
Bellow’s best stories: funny, wise, surprising, and infinitely rewarding.

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  • Paperback

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    27 August 2013

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Summary

A collection of treasured stories by the unchallenged master of American fiction

A Penguin Classic

Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow has deservedly been celebrated as one of America’s greatest writers. For more than sixty years he stretched our minds, our imaginations, and our hearts with his exhilarating perceptions of life. Here, collected in one volume and chosen by the author himself, are favorites such as “What Kind of Day Did You Have?”, “Leaving the Yellow House,” and a pr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143107255
ISBN-10:0143107259
Author:Saul Bellow, Janis Bellow, James Wood
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:27 August 2013
Weight:387g
Dimensions:213mm x 139mm x 25mm
Series:Penguin Classics
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“This is our greatest writer’s greatest book.” Martin Amis “Bellow’s gift for delineating the American scene…remains unrivaled.” Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature“This is our greatest writer’s greatest book.” –Martin Amis“Bellow’s gift for delineating the American scene…remains unrivaled.” –Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

About The Author

Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was the author of nearly twenty works of literature, including Seize the Day, The Adventures of Augie March, The Victim, Herzog, and Humboldt’s Gift. He taught at the University of Chicago and Boston University.

Janis Bellow teaches literature at Tufts University. She was married to Saul Bellow from 1989 until his death in 2005. She spends as much time as possible in Vermont, where she lives for several months each year with her daughter, Rosie.

James Wood is a staff writer at the New Yorker, a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, and the author of the national bestseller How Fiction Works and a novel, The Book against God. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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